Our Faith journey to California - 2010

December 25, 2010 - our new home Laguna Niguel, California.  We may not understand why or everything God does
but He does with purpose and reason. We have a reason to Worship in every season! 

November 2010. Abigaile, this is the reason we are here. We have faith
and this child is being healed. It is not the treatment that is healing her, but God.

My sweet family after a very long trip
we just need rest. 

Laguna Beach, California October 27, 2010
We have arrived @ our destination. 

We know we are here for this season. This little
girl and the call of God upon our lives. It may seem dark @ times, but the living water (God & His Word) is in control!

Does this not look like the end of the earth? We have to be at the
top of the world ... very strange feeling just past the Az rest area in the
desert. 

Grand Canyon, Arizona
Family time- it was really cold!

Look at this rainbow-in the clouds. God is there
and His promise is that He will never leave or forsake us.

In Az. when you follow the light (God) there may be some storms that
may try to impede on your journey. If you stay on the road that is narrow
He will keep you safe and guide you there. 

Allen & his girls on the way to
California @ Cracker Barrel. 

Abigaile & Natascha @ a hotel on the way to California.

        

Arizona rest area. We felt so helpless at this point.
We knew we were close, but we still had a long ways
to go. We also we far away from our mutual home since 1997.

God has many different gifts, and forms of transportation.

God will even let you go through the desert
@ times, but know He is still there.

We left everything except the few things
on this truck and our family & headed West.

This was our last hotel on the road
we were really excited at this point. Excited to know
God has something in store for all of us.

continued...

We know we are blessed and in His favor! We see this sweet little girl Abigaile thriving daily and that makes it all worthwhile!  I will post some pictures of our pictures on the trip to California I hope that you enjoy them. There are so many more but these had some meaning to them for us.  We have literally traveled from one coast to the other this year. Would I have guessed that I would have left friends and family to follow this journey of faith... no I definitely would not have guessed. It is very difficult to have friends with a child with special needs.  It is also difficult to have family and friends who talk about all  the fun and vacations when there is no vacation for our family, it is heart wrenching to have your child say "why do we not get a vacation"?  Please think about it.  This was a need, a necessity to come here  and not a vacation.
  Thank you and God bless you for praying...

we are here now what?

    so... we are in sunny Southern California now and adjusting to the culture shock! It is beautiful out here and winter and 75 degrees... who can argue with that.
  We are getting into a routine and working on getting the house unpacked and getting it into order. It is nice to be in a house again instead of a vacation rental or apartment like we have live for the past four years now. It has been a nightmare at times. Our lives have forever been changed by this injury to our child and most days are clearer than mud but we will make it through with God He is our rock.
  We are still doing TMS with great results but notice the heat sensitivity as well as the food sensitivities are still there. It is a hell that we wake up in daily sometimes. Abigaile is doing extremely well with the treatments though and we have had no notable seizures.  We will press on.  We are tired and much in need of a break. We have lost family and friends along the way.  We know God has a bigger purpose and that is what we choose.  I was typing this from my phone and have had to redo a couple of times for the rest of the story, read continuation....